document.write( "Question 1121942: Hello! I'm really having trouble solving the following word problem: \"The sum of three consecutive ODD integers is 13 less than four times the middle integer. Find the consecutive integers.\" I've been emailing my teacher back and forth, but I need to get it done for homework. I've also been texting my friends to see if they have it too or if they solved it. \r
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document.write( "Let \"n\" be the middle of the three consecutive odd integer numbers. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the numbers are  (n-2), n and (n+2), and their sum is \r\n" );
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document.write( "    (n-2) + n + (n+2) = 3n.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the condition says that\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3n = 4n - 13.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve it:\r\n" );
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document.write( "    13 = 4n - 3n  ====>  13 = n.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  The three numbers are  11, 13 and 15.\r\n" );
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